Rail-joint.



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RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.18,[914. 1,15%510., Patented 001.1111915.

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APPLICATION FILED MAR. I8. I9I4. 1,157.51@ Patented 001.1111915.

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FRED CORNETTO, 0F WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Appucation sied 'March 1e, 1914. serial No. 825,720.

To all lwhom t may concern Be it known that I, FRED CoRNs'rTo, a citizen or the United States, residing at Viashington, in the county of llVashington and State or' Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rail- Joints, of which the following is a specilication.

rlhe present invention relates to improvements in rail joints, the object of the saine being to construct the meeting ends of two rails to provide the same with inter-engaging members which will s0 co-act as to effectively connect the said rails and retain the same in proper' alinement without the necessity of ish plates, rail chairs, or analogous devices commonly employed for securing the meeting ends of rails.

la' ith the above and other objects in view, he improvement resides in the construction, combination and operative arrangement o1 parts set forth in the following specification and falling within the scope of the appended claim.

In the drawings: Figure l is a side elevation of a rail joint constructed in accordance with the present invention, F ig. 2 is a top plan view of the saine, Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. l, Fig. el is a similar sectional view on the line 4 4 of Fig. l, Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 5--5 of Fig. l, and Figs. 6 and 7 are perspective views of the rail ends to illustrate more clearly the manner in which the parts are assembled to complete the joint.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, R-R designate two rails which are adapted to have their ends connected to form a joint between the rails. Each or' these rails has its body portion of a similar and ordinary construction, and both oi the said rails have their ends arranged in a similar manner, the parts of the rail R which form companions for the parts of the rail R being disposed upon one side of the rail R opposite the side upon which the companion parts are formed upon the rail R, so that when the ends of the rails are brought together, the said parts will be brought into interengaging relation, and for this reason it has been deemed necessary to refer to only one of the rails in detail, it being understood that companion parts, as stated, are providedv upon the second rail.

Each of the rails has its web thickened or enlarged, as indicated by the nuineral l, the enlargement being provided upon the opposite sides of the web, so that each of the said sides of the enlargement is disposed an equal distance from the longitudinal edges of the base Aflange of the rail. rlhe enlargement l from its end is recessed longitudinally, as indicated by the numeral 2, the said recess being provided upon the enlarged or thickened end from its juncture with the head 3 ci? the rail, and the recess provides a substantially rectangular pocket, and has its inner wall provided with a transversely extending bolt opening el. Arran ged upon the opposite side of the thickened portion l, and with width corresponding with the width of the recess (which it should be stated is approximately equal to one-half of the height or distance of the web enlargement between the base flange and head) is a longitudinally extending member or tongue 5. This member or tongue 5 is a continuation of theJ outer face of the web enlargement l, the outer face of the said side of the enlargement from which it extends and the said tongue is provided with a bolt opening 6 which is adapted to register with the bolt opening 4 when the tongue of one of the rails is received within the recess 2 of the other rail. j 1 j Both the head 3 and the base flange 7 of the rail end are cut centrally and longitudinally, providing both of the said members with inner vertically straight walls S and 9 respectively, terminating in right angular walls 10 and 1l respectively, approximately central of the length of the recess 2 in the said rail end. By thus cutting the head the upper edge of the web enlargement 2 is formed with a horizontally straight wall or ledge l2, the inner wall of the recess 2 being arranged at a right angle to the said wall l2, while the cut base flange provides an angular' overlying wall 13 formed upon the underface of the web enlargement, as will be noted by reference to the drawings. The cut head and base flange project beyond the end of the web enlargement a distance equaling the distance between the said end of the enlargement and the right angular walls of the shoulders lO and 11, and both the head and base iiange terminate approximately central of the longitudinally extending tongue 5. The tongue 5, as previously stated, is adapted to be received within the recess 2 of the co-acting rail, when the rails are assembled, and the vertically straight Walls 8 of the heads are thus arranged in contact with each other, the underfaces of the heads resting upon the Walls 12 and the ends of the heads contacting with the walls or vshoulders 10. Likewise the vertically straight inner Walls 9 of the llanges? Will abut and the ends of the base flange will contact With the Walls or shoulders 11, the angular portion 13 of the Web enlargements overlying the portions of the flanges which extend beyond the ends of the said enlargements, and, of course, the ends of the enlargements of both of the rails Will contact. The openings 4l; and 6, as stated, Will be brought into register and the said openings are preferably elongated to permit of the expansion and contraction of the rails, While bolts 14 pass through the registering openings and are provided With the usual nuts 15.

In order to more thoroughly reinforce the joint I provide both of the rails with rein forcements 16 Which are formed upon their bases, the said reinforcements being of a width corresponding with the width 'of the base flanges of the rails, and each of the said reinforcements projects beyond the shoulders 11 in the base flanges proper a distance equaling the distance between the said Walls or -shoulders 11 and the ends of the web enlargements. The opposite ends of the reinforcement 16 terminate in right angular Walls, a suitable distance beyond th'e enlarged ends of the Webs, are provided with spike openings 17, through which pass spikes 18 that enter ties 19, the said ties contacting with the outer ends of the reinforcement 16 and the extending portions below the angular portions 13 serve as rests for the portions of the base flanges of the rails upon which the said rails 13 rest.

Y From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the simplicity of the device as well as the advantages thereof Will, it is thought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art to which such invention appertains without further detailed description.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

In a rail joint, two rails having similarly constructed interlocking ends, each including a thickened Web, one side of the said web having a longitudinal recess arranged at its upper edge, the rail having its head cut longitudinally and terminating in a transverse shoulder disposed approximately central of the recess in the Web, the base ter1ninating even with the head and being cut centrally and longitudinally forming a transverse shoulder disposed directly below the shoulder of the head, the said base hav ing an extending plate projecting beyond its shoulder and terminating approximately With the end of the enlarged web, the under face of the web above the plate being in clined, and a tongue of a size corresponding to the depth and length of the recess in the web, the said tongue being arranged upon the rail opposite the said recess.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

FRED CORNETTO.

IVitnesses:

LoUIs CoRNE'rTo, M. P. RUSH.

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